The Body in Ropes - Class and Lab

With Tamandua

In this workshop, we will explore how rope creates unique physical and sensory experiences. Through movement, palpation, body manipulation, and simple tying, we will examine how classic kinbaku shapes affect the body and what adjustments can improve comfort, function, and safety. We will also look at the anatomy behind common ties and share practical tips for both riggers and models.

For the second half of the day, students will be given space to work on ties or techniques of their choice that they want to improve or problem solve with guidance from an Tam.

Prerequisites:
This part hands-on, part discussion, and part guided lab is meant for advanced students with a strong grasp of fundamentals and some experience working in suspension. Folks tying should have some experience building an assessing suspendable structures and multiple uplines, and all students should have excellent in rope communication skills, knowledge of safety and risk in rope, and confident ability to monitor signs of nerve compression.

Instructor Bio:
Tamandua (he/him) is a Swedish kinbaku instructor and rope switch based in Berlin.

He has been working with rope professionally since 2016, offering intimate sessions and advanced shibari education, and traveling the world to teach his perspective on tying and to being tied. He is a queer person, who appreciates tying with people of various gender. As a switch, he draws his inspiration both from the models/bottoms he ties with, and the riggers/rope tops he models for, which has allowed him to experience various styles from the inside as well.

‘I consider kinbaku to be a complex erotic art, which is empathetically sadomasochistic at it’s core. Often tying in a way that can be challenging both for the one tying and the one in the 

ropes, my Shibari usually demands a lot of technical clarity when in the role of a teacher. At the same time, the student’s individuality is a priority when it comes to learning methods and intention. I view Kinbaku as a practice of continuous exploration – where new doors open as you go deeper and further with a partner, over the course of a session, or over the course of a long partnership. Sometimes though, the magic that defines Kinbaku can be just that one alluring image that sticks with you, a moment suspended in time. For me, the essence of Kinbaku lies in the meeting between the aesthetic expression and the emotional and sensual intention of the practice. And the more ones tying develop, the more seamlessly the parts can intermingle.’

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Tickets are $180 per tying pair.
$60 deposit online, $120 cash at the start of class. $180 total.

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